Treatment cascade for patients with multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and associated factors with patient attrition in southeastern China: a retrospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Bin Chen (Author), Xinyi Chen (Author), Yanli Ren (Author), Ying Peng (Author), Fei Wang (Author), Lin Zhou (Author), Biao Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: To address gaps in health services for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB), a treatment cascade model was used to evaluate patient retention and attrition at each successive step required to achieve a successful treatment outcome. Methods: From 2015-2018, a four-s...